I'm happy to announce the publication of American Antiblackness, which I co-edited with sociologist Joe Feagin, in which we and our contributors examine how antiblackness affects various fields in our country. Huge thanks to Joe for doing this with me! www.routledge.com/American-Ant...

American Antiblackness: Examining the Fields of Contemporary Racism

American Antiblackness: Examining the Fields of Contemporary Racism details how, from its founding, antiblackness has been axiomatic for the United States. The goal of antiblackness is the delegitimiz...

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_On Music Theory, and Making Music More Welcoming for Everyone_ is now available open access. Here's a link: www.acls.org/path-to-open...

ACLS Research in Path to Open

In January 2026, the first 100 e-books in the Path to Open collection at JSTOR flipped to open access as part of a multiyear pilot supported by ACLS. Among these books are five titles that result dire...

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Daniele et al. Thx for this colloquy. Super fun! Open access for a month or so. Cheers!

Dr Daniele Shlomit Sofer they/them@shlomitsofer.com · 11mo ago

Also out today, my Introduction to a colloquy review of On Music Theory. @philewell.bsky.social responds to contributions from Jonathan Bellman, Allison Lewis & @drbaferguson.bsky.social, @whatsoperadoc.bsky.social, Jasmine Henry, Toru Momii, and Sara Speller. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Also out today, my Introduction to a colloquy review of On Music Theory. @philewell.bsky.social responds to contributions from Jonathan Bellman, Allison Lewis & @drbaferguson.bsky.social, @whatsoperadoc.bsky.social, Jasmine Henry, Toru Momii, and Sara Speller. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introduction

Published in Journal of Musicological Research (Vol. 44, No. 2-3, 2025)

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I’m pleased to announce "Black Music, in Theory," an online open-access peer-reviewed journal of UM journals. We encourage all interested parties to submit work to our journal, and we hope you enjoy this inaugural issue. Welcome to "Black Music, in Theory"! journals.publishing.umich.edu/bmit/

For those French speakers out there, here’s a recent interview I did published in France. chmg.fr/2025/09/09/m...

Musique classique et Hégémonie Blanche : entretien avec Phil Ewell

Si l’on posait la question de savoir qui était le meilleur compositeur de tous les temps, les réponses nous permettraient certainement d’esquisser un panthéon bien restreint : Beethoven…

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Check out this new pod: Note Doctors: The Music Theory and Pedagogy Podcast, “A Conversation with Philip Ewell,” October 21, 2025: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 86: A conversation with Philip Ewell

Podcast Episode · Note Doctors · 10/21/2025 · 47m

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Here are the first 3 titles in OUP’s Theorizing African American Music: A.D. Carson, Being Dope: Hip Hop and Theory through Mixtape Memoir; K. Coleman, Change: The New Thing and Modern Jazz; H. Lewis, Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap “Crisis." global.oup.com/academic/con...

Happy Norwegian Constitution Day! Gratulerer med dagen!

Here's a new pod, with Simeon Morrow and Julio Mendívil: open.spotify.com/show/7w5bY1V...

Vienna Live with Simeon Morrow

Podcast · Vienna Live with Simeon Morrow · Since the beginning of the Pandemic, every Wednesday, host Simeon Morrow interviews musicians, artists, academics, and entrepreneurs in an interactive show. ...

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If interested, see me on Vienna Live, from Austria (in English...I hope), April 23, 1pm New York time. Deets here: simeonmorrow.com/vienna-live/...

Philip Ewell & Julio Mendívil: Musicology’s White Racial Frame

Two musicologists discuss hidden systematic racism in higher education

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Registration for Theorizing African American Music, Emory Univ, June 5–7, is now open. Visit the TAAM website for more info. Registration includes opening reception and concert, 42 papers, two panels, and Horace Maxile keynote. See www.theorizingaamusic.com

Homepage - Theorizing African American Music

Theorizing African American MusicJune 5–7, 2025 Horace Maxile, keynote speaker Registration is now open for Theorizing African American Music, June 5–7, 2025, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Early...

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Thanks to David Lescalleet for this great conversation on his pod, Artisan Parlor. I especially liked the opportunity to talk about my time in Russia in the 1990s, which I'm not often asked about. Cheers David... youtu.be/3W1YhxGzfpE?...

Philip Ewell On Race, Whiteness, And Beethoven

YouTube video by David Lescalleet IV

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